[HISTORY: Adopted by the Grand Island Town
Board 5-3-1965 by L.L. No. 2-1965 (Ch. 14 of the 1963 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-7-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982]
Provisions hereunder are for the regulation
of the installation, alteration and repair of high-voltage and low-voltage
life safety electrical wiring and equipment and the maintenance thereof.
[Amended 9-7-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982[1]]
In the interest of public safety and welfare,
no person shall conduct the business of installing, altering or repairing
electrical wiring and equipment or maintenance thereof in the Town
of Grand Island unless such person filed an application with an approved
electrical inspection agency and is the holder of a valid electrician's
license issued annually by the Town of Grand Island subject to the
requirements herein specified, or is in the employ of such a person.
A responsible member of a family who will live
in the building which such person proposes to wire electrically for
the exclusive use of the family shall show proof of ability to do
the work to the annually elected representatives of the Licensed Electricians
Board at Large. Such person shall develop a wiring diagram and specifications
of the proposed work and give oral and written answers to pertinent
questions therefor. The sale of a privately completed building to
another person for the purpose of privately completing similar work
in another building shall be construed as work done by one who is
conducting a business as herein specified and such person shall first
obtain a license subject to the customary procedure for licensing
electricians in the Town.
A.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to
persons engaged solely in selling, or solely in the attachment of
ordinary electric appliances to existing circuits where no jointing
or splicing of electrical conductors is required; nor to the installation,
maintenance or repair of elevators; nor to any work involved in the
manufacture, assembly, test or repair of electrical machinery, apparatus,
materials and equipment by a person, firm or corporation engaged in
electrical manufacturing as their principal business, nor to the work
in connection with the erection, construction, maintenance or repair
of lines and facilities for the generation, transmission and distribution
of electricity from the source of supply to the service connection
on the premises where used, by public service companies as defined
by the Transportation Corporations Law of this state, or municipal
plants authorized to generate or sell electricity; nor to the work
of such companies or plants in installing, maintaining, and repairing
on the consumer's premises of service connections, meters and other
apparatus and appliances remaining the property of such companies
or plants after installation, nor to emergency repairs of wiring and
appliances on consumer's premises necessary for the protection of
life or property; nor to the work of companies incorporated for the
transmission of intelligence by electricity in installing, maintaining,
or repairing wires, apparatus or fixtures or other appliances. It
shall not apply to any building which is owned or leased in its entirety
by the Government of the United States or the State of New York.
A.
The Board of Electrical Examiners is hereby established
and hereinafter called the "Board" and shall consist of four members:
a Code Enforcement Officer, the Town Engineer, and two persons who
have been licensed as electricians in any New York State municipality
for at least seven years immediately preceding their membership on
the Board. The last two members shall hold active licenses to practice
the electrical trade in the Town of Grand Island and shall have terms
of office of two years. These members shall be elected by the general
membership of licensed Grand Island electricians during a biennial
election. Official nominating ballots shall be mailed to the membership
of licensed electricians during the second week of October. Completed
nomination ballots shall be returned to the Town Clerk's office for
recording purposes by the second Friday of November. The Clerk's office
shall forward the results to the Building Department. The five nominees
receiving the most votes shall have their names placed on an election
ballot that will be mailed during the third week of November. Completed
election ballots shall be returned to the Town Clerk's office for
recording purposes through the third Friday of December. The Town
Clerk shall forward the results of the election to the Building Department,
who shall in turn contact the electricians receiving the most votes
and determine if they agree to serve on the Board. The two electricians
with the greatest number of votes who will accept the position to
the Board shall take office on the first day of January following
the election.
B.
The members of this Board shall serve without compensation.
C.
The Board shall meet at times and dates designated
by the Chairman, who shall be elected by said Board. Three members
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
[Amended 4-3-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000; 10-15-2012 by L.L. No.
3-2012]
A.
Applications for the electricians' examinations may
be obtained through the Building Department, which shall forward it
to the Board for review. Applicants that are deemed qualified to sit
for this exam shall pay an exam fee to the Building Department. Applicants
for electrical examination shall complete the form and submit it to
the Town Clerk prior to taking the examination.
B.
Applicants with less than four years' actual electrical
wiring experience in residential or commercial building construction
and who are electrical engineers and/or have related college or trade
schooling may be deemed qualified to sit for the exam.
[Amended 4-3-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000; 10-15-2012 by L.L. No.
3-2012; 6-20-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016]
The Town Board, by resolution, may designate a testing agency,
consultant or other appropriate entity to prepare and administer an
examination to test an applicant’s knowledge of residential
and commercial electrical work and the various customary applications
of it in these fields under the Code. A score of 75% or better shall
be deemed as passing. Provided the applicant meets the minimum qualifications
to sit for the examination, the Town will accept results from the
prior two years, so long as the examination was prepared and proctored
by an approved agency, consultant, or other entity.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 14-9, Records, of the
1963 Code; which immediately followed this section, was repealed 10-15-2012
by L.L. No. 3-2012.
[Amended 3-7-1966 by L.L. No. 1-1966; 5-2-1988 by L.L. No.
1-1988]
All regular or special examination fees and
electrician license fees shall be in the amount set forth in the Schedule
of Fees adopted by Town Board resolution and filed in the office of
the Town Clerk.
[Amended 10-15-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012]
The customary application for building permit
and application for certificate of occupancy for change in use shall
show the name of the Grand Island licensed electrician. Such electrician
shall process application for the electrical inspection directly with
the office of an approved electrical inspection agency. Certificates
of electrical compliance shall be furnished prior to issuance of the
certificate of occupancy issued by the Building Department.
[Amended 4-3-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000; 10-15-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012; 6-20-2016 by L.L. No.
5-2016]
Regular electricians’ examinations shall take place on the first Saturday in June and December. The place and time of the examination shall be posted by the Building Department. In lieu of regular examination dates, the Town will accept results as described in § 141-7.
[Added 4-3-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000;
amended 10-15-2012 by L.L. No.
3-2012]
A.
Following satisfactory completion of said examination
by the applicant and upon recommendation of the Code Enforcement Officer,
the Town Clerk shall issue an electricians' license, upon payment
of the required fee and the filing of a certificate of insurance naming
the Town of Grand Island as an additional insured in the following
amounts: $1,000,000 in an amount specified each occurrence for bodily
injury liability and $250,000 each occurrence for property damage
liability, as well as proof of workers' compensation coverage or proof
of exemption. Such license shall be issued for the period of that
year ending on December 31, and all required insurances shall be maintained
throughout the license period.
B.
A renewal license shall be issued by the Town Clerk
each year to any person, firm or corporation holding a license at
the expiration of the previous year without examination upon payment
of the license fee as listed on the fee schedule then in effect. The
renewal of a license shall require proof of insurance coverage as
set forth herein. Any license that is not renewed by January 31 shall
be deemed to be inactive. The license fee shall be doubled when an
inactive license is renewed. Additionally, if a license shall be inactive
for one calendar year, said license shall be revoked and reexamination
will be required.
[Amended 10-15-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012]
A.
No license holder shall allow his name or license
to be used by any other person or party either for the purpose of
obtaining permits or the performance of electrical-related activities.
B.
Licenses shall not be transferable.
C.
The Board may revoke any license issued pursuant to
this chapter or suspend it for such term as it may deem proper if
it finds that the holder thereof or an employee of said holder has
violated any provision of this chapter or has made a false statement
in connection with a material fact in an application for any license
required under this chapter. The Board may take the foregoing action
at any regular meeting thereof or at a special meeting called for
that purpose. The holder of the license shall be given notice, in
writing, setting forth the charge and the date, time, and place of
the hearing. The notice shall either be served personally upon the
holder not less than five days prior to the meeting or hearing in
which the charge is to be heard or shall be mailed by either registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the holder of the
license at the last known address thereof at least 10 days prior thereto.
Refusal to accept or inability to deliver the mailed notice shall
not prevent the Board from proceeding to hear and determine the charge.
The holder of the license shall in all cases be entitled to counsel
if they desire. Upon evaluating the information presented, the Board
shall determine if any action is required. A majority vote of the
Board shall be required to either revoke or suspend a license. Action
taken by the Board either to revoke or suspend a license shall be
in additional to any other punishment authorized by this chapter or
other provisions of law.
D.
The Board
may also direct the Code Enforcement Officer to file an information
or complaint with the local justice court for the purpose of prosecuting
the offender, and after hearing, if the defendant shall be found guilty
and convicted of a violation of this chapter, he shall be fined a
sum not to exceed $1,000 for each such violation or by imprisonment
not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each
separate occurrence shall constitute a separate additional violation.
